Meaning

15 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness.

    Stahl

    стальstalʹ

    стальstalʹ, кри́цяkrýcja

  2. Any item made of this metal, particularly including:

    (countable, uncountable)Bladed or pointed weapons, as swords, javelins, daggers.

  3. (countable, uncountable)A piece used for striking sparks from flint or ferrocerium.

  4. (countable, uncountable)Armor.

  5. (countable, uncountable)A honing steel, a tool used to sharpen or hone metal blades.

  6. (countable, uncountable)Pieces used to strengthen, support, or expand an item of clothing.

  7. (countable, dialectal, uncountable)A flat iron.

  8. (countable, dialectal, uncountable)A sewing needle; a knitting needle; a sharp metal stylus.

  9. (countable, uncountable)An engraving plate.

  10. (countable, uncountable)Projectiles.

  11. (countable, uncountable)A fringe of beads or decoration of this metal.

  12. (countable, uncountable)A type of slide used while playing the steel guitar.

More definitions
  • knife sharpener consisting of a ridged steel rod
  • an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range
  • a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard

Examples

161 sentences
  1. I think it's made out of steel.

  2. Tom works at the steel mill.

    ruТом работает на сталелитейном заводе. — Selena777

  3. It's a steel building.

  4. Tom filled his stainless steel coffee mug with coffee.

  5. Despite a shortage of steel, industrial output has increased by five percent.

    ruНесмотря на нехватку стали, выпуск промышленной продукции увеличился на пять процентов. — Wezel

    deTrotz Stahlmangels hat die Industrieproduktion um fünf Prozent zugenommen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
metal produced from iron:
Русский
By meaning 1
metal produced from iron:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
metal produced from iron:

Origin

From Middle English stele, stel, from Old English stīele, from Proto-West Germanic *stahlī

From Middle English stele, stel, from Old English stīele, from Proto-West Germanic *stahlī (“something made of steel”), enlargement of *stahl (“steel”), from Proto-Germanic *stahlą, from *stah- or *stag- (“to be firm, rigid”), from Proto-Indo-European *stak- (“to stay, to be firm”). Compare Scots stele, Yola stehli, German Stahl, Dutch staal, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish stål.

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